Chapter 821

"Everyone settled down?"

Dongchuan Hou looked at Di Jie who came in, put down the military documents in his hand, and rubbed his temples.

There was a tiredness in his voice, and after he finished speaking, he picked up the ginseng tea on the table and took a sip.

After saluting respectfully, Di Jie said cautiously: "If you go back to Lord Hou, you've already settled down, and it's in the station in the south of the city."

"Did those red-clothed emissaries say anything?" Dongchuan Hou put down the tea and asked again.

Di Jie hurriedly replied: "When entering the city, the female commander named Qin Qiao'er proposed to meet Lord Hou. I said you had an important military meeting and pushed it away. After they checked into the post, they couldn't wait to send out The manpower was recruited, and related investigations were carried out. I don’t know if I should stop it, and I haven’t responded yet, so please ask Lord Hou to show me.”

Dongchuan Hou said in a flat tone: "Let them investigate. They came to my Qingtangwei just to investigate the case. If we don't let them investigate, it will appear that we are guilty. Let's see what they can find, and see These red-clothed emissaries, don't they have a false name? As for wanting to see me, they have to hang out for a few more days."

"Yes." Di Jie bowed his hands and accepted the order.

Next, Marquis Dongchuan asked some more information, such as how many red-clothed envoys Qin Qiaoer brought, what range of strength they were in, what kind of weapons and equipment and supernatural items they brought, and so on.

Regarding these situations, Dongchuan Hou not only asked very carefully, but occasionally asked a few more questions, which made Di Jie break out in cold sweat. Especially when he failed to answer a few questions, he felt his heart tremble and his scalp tingle.

Fortunately, Marquis Dongchuan did not embarrass him, but only ordered: "Go and find out these problems, and then report to me. Remember, inquire secretly, don't startle the snake."

"Yes." Di Jie hurriedly took the order, feeling as if he had escaped a catastrophe.

After Di Jie exited the meeting hall, Dongchuan Hou Shizi opened his mouth and said in a low voice: "Father, these red-clothed envoys are the emperor's own army after all, representing the emperor's face. Will there be any harm if we leave them aside like this?" question?"

"No problem."

When there were no outsiders, Dongchuan Hou's tiredness disappeared instantly, and his whole person was like a tiger, exuding a compelling momentum and spirit.

"I just want to use this method to express my grievance and dissatisfaction to the emperor. With the character of our emperor, if I don't make trouble or make trouble, and cooperate with the red envoy's investigation throughout the whole process, he will suspect that I am doing something wrong." If I'm acting, I might be ordered to let the red-clothed messenger lock me up and be escorted to Beijing like the King of Shu."

Dongchuan Hou Shizi knew that his father had always grasped the emperor's suspicious character very well, so he naturally had no objection, but was worried: "I'm afraid those emissaries in red will feel resentful and talk nonsense after returning to Beijing, and give us eye drops." .”

"Not afraid." Marquis Dongchuan sneered disdainfully, and said, "It's just a few emissaries in red clothes. If they really dare to do that, I will make them regret it. Don't talk about Qi Longfei, even if Lu Bing steps forward, I can't keep them, I said!"

After a pause, Marquis Dongchuan said again: "For the past two days, take time to go to the post station in the south of the city, and express my condolences and apologies to those red-clothed envoys on my behalf. After dealing with these urgent military matters, you must cooperate with their investigation. If they want to see the generals involved in the case, you can say that this matter needs to be decided by me, anyway, they are just making excuses to procrastinate."

"Yes." Dongchuan Hou Shizi clapped his hands in reply.

"By the way, did those generals reveal any new information?" Dongchuanhou asked again.

"Not yet." Dongchuan Hou Shizi shook his head: "They insisted that they didn't know."

Dongchuanhou's face suddenly sank, and he said in a serious tone: "I don't know? Who can be fooled by such nonsense? If they don't know, can they let hundreds of Qingtang barbarians go? Everyone has said that that night, they received the password from them and made changes to the defense, but they actually said they didn't know about it? Those passwords couldn't have been passed down by others through their mouths, right? If so, then they It is even more guilty! Let the people in the army who are good at torture torture them for a good life. If we can investigate the whole matter clearly before the red envoy, we may be able to make a difference. Wait until the Qingtang people are driven back, maybe You can also increase your rank and become a nobleman."

Dongchuan Hou Shizi replied with a 'yes', and then said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that there will be some moths on the Qingtang side. The fact that privately sent barbarians crossed the border made us very passive, and now they are actually I want to poison the food... I am worried about them because I want to make the fake show come true!"

Dongchuan Hou looked at his son with a face of relief, nodded and said: "You are right, these barbarians are not trustworthy, if we don't give them a little color, they really think we can handle it at will. !"

Dongchuan Hou Shizi suddenly realized: "This is why you made the sneak attack plan?"

"That's right." Dongchuanhou nodded, "Only by letting the barbarians of Qingtang see our fists can we make them obedient and stop causing trouble. I have dealt with Qingtang for decades, and I treat them You can't be more familiar with that set of tricks."

Dongchuan Hou Shizi hesitated: "But will this really anger Qingtang?"

Dongchuanhou was full of confidence: "No, Qingtang's character is that the weaker you are, the more arrogant he is. But when you give him a hard time, he will immediately become obedient and obedient, until he thinks he has found it again. Chance."

"Father is wise!"

Dong Chuan Hou Shizi cupped his hands and said, with a look from the bottom of his heart.

In a blink of an eye, two days passed.

During these two days, Zang Feng went to many yamen in the city as a messenger in red to find out the situation.

In the process, although he didn't get rejected, he encountered kicking and procrastination among various yamen.

In Qin Shaoyou's words, these departments seemed to cooperate with the investigation, but they did not fully cooperate.

But Qiu Shi's side is going very smoothly.

The flies, ants and other Gu insects he cultivated are perfect for use as eyeliner.

The people Di Jie arranged to watch near the station were identified one by one by these Gu worms.

There are even Gu worms that quietly cling to these people, and if necessary, they will violently injure the enemy.

It was through the eyes of these Gu insects that Qiu Shi discovered that the troops in the main city of Qingtangwei were mobilizing, and it seemed that there was really a battle going on.

The secret investigation by Zhu Xiucai and others has also made good progress.

Especially Zhu Xiucai, who is not only good at disguising and tracing, but also a social cow. He just relied on his disguised identity to get acquainted with the officials in many yamen in the city, and obtained a lot of useful information from them.

For example, Zhu Xiucai found out that the generals involved in the case had already been brought under control, but they didn't know where they were being held.

However, when Zhu Xiucai asked the names, places of origin and even the birthdays of those generals, Cui Yougui was amazed at the same time, based on these circumstances, he calculated and deduced that those people were indeed imprisoned. Most likely, he was detained in the east of the city.

With an approximate range, Qiu Shi immediately ordered his Gu worms to start a blanket search in the east of the city.

Sure enough, several prisons were found.

It's a pity that the guards in these prisons are very strict, and there are even magic circles and supernatural items, which really make it possible to "not even flies in".

If Qiu Shi's Gu worms forced their way in, it was hard to guarantee that they would not be discovered, so after discussing with Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiao'er, they decided not to startle the enemy for the time being, and let the Gu worms guard outside to see who came in and out of the prison, and did a follow-up investigation.

As for the situation in the prison, it is up to Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiaoer to think of other ways.

They were discussing, when they suddenly heard a signal from the red-clothed emissary on duty, and then a postman ran to the gate of the small courtyard and said, "My lords, the son of the Marquis of Dongchuan has come to visit you."